11 Nov 2024
SRP in brief: earnings season
Over the past week, SRP’s news desk covered a series of Q3 2024 earnings releases, focusing on the performance of the structured products businesses of the various banks.
06 Nov 2024
Priips, Mifid revisited - in search of VfM
Value for money (VfM) testing as part of investor protection has become a central focus for regulators in recent years.
31 Oct 2024
Eusipa: VfM paper addresses funding cost dilemma
The industry’s proposal seeks a consistent internal standard to evaluate how much extra cost the structured product charges for additional features versus a simple zero-coupon bond.
11 Oct 2024
Eusipa publishes its position on Value for Money
The document sets out the industry’s core views on the relevant regulatory mechanisms and shows ways to apply a future ruleset on ‘Value for Money’ to structured products and leverage products.
01 Jul 2024
SRP in brief: cost efficient
Regulatory developments were in focus in Europe last week, while South Korea’s autocallable product sales rebounded.
25 Jun 2024
FSMA advocates value for money, structured products become simpler
The Belgian regulator did not ban any structured products in 2023 as they were deemed less complex than in previous years.
25 Jun 2024
Eusipa: additional RIS disclosure, reporting obligations will hit end-investors
The European trade association believes that several issues remain open given the challenges around the implementation of many provisions and unclear legal terms which could result in "potential misinterpretations and mistakes".